So, after posting about needing to update with the uni childcare, today, I got an email from the new center opening right around the corner, the one that name drops Montessori and Piaget and Emilio Reggia.  Subject line is "CenterName  Invitation" and my heart skipped a beat, and the email started with "Dear Centername Families," and goes on to invite us to a meet&greet, where we can ask questions and hear more, and blah blah blah. It sounds informational, but if we’re a "centername family," then does that mean maybe we’ll get one of the first spots? I mean, I applied within HOURS of the sign being hung, and I may or may not be on the priority list instead of the public list, but even if I was on the PUBLIC list, I’d have to be near the top.  My other options have priority/public lists, and I’m public for both of those, and have been on there for AGES. The center in town that has a public list has people on there that haven’t even conceived yet, and I am so not kidding. I’m no longer technically* a student, so I’m on the public list there as well, but damn, I have to be in the top tier of the BRAND NEW PLACE’s public list.

Having childcare THAT close would KICK. ASS. I’ll figure out work around it; shift to days, move to subbing, whatever. Dave wouldn’t even have to stop to drop her off, just slow down a bit, it’s THAT convenient. Cross yer fingers, ey?

Also, Ingrid is so tall, she’s figuring out how to pop herself out of her Bumbo. (Almost, we are attentive parents and won’t let her, of course. We’re starting to consider high chairs — I like the idea of the Graco Contempo, or the Chicco Polly — that standing slim fold is tempting. We don’t really have enough chairs to do a booster, easily, so we really need a chair. Oh, and we have no IKEA. Any recommendations?